Jeff Walker
For the first five months of CrossFit I would do anything the coaches asked except change my diet. I was losing weight, but it was all I could do to finish the workouts. Then it would take me until the next day to recover from the workouts. Coach P. kept telling me it wasn’t going to get much better until I changed my diet. When the nutrition challenge came up I said ok, I will give it my all and see what happens. In thirty days I accomplished about as much as I did in the first five months. I lost over...
Amy Richards
I had no idea of what to expect going into this nutrition challenge, but knew only good could come from it. I could go through my weeks during challenge, but will share what I call “light bulb moments”. My first moment was when a friend had asked how much weight I had lost, but my response was different than any other time. I didn’t really care about amount lost but was more excited on the new things I was doing. In my mind, it wasn’t any longer about weight it had become wanting to become stronger. I...
Jason Kaye
When I first came to CrossFit, I didn’t really know what to expect. I thought it would be like the gym but more intense. What I found was that there was a lot more accountability and caring than what I was used to from working out at the gym. After being a CrossFitter for about six months, there was a nutrition challenge called “What Have You Got to Lose?” and I signed up. I knew that nutrition is a key piece of the health puzzle. I also knew that my nutrition had been lacking. We had our...
Damien Payne
In 2003, I was a college athlete that depended on my active lifestyle to keep me in shape. My exercise was practice and weight training because those were what kept me in the game. In 2004, I graduated from college and my basketball career was basically over. Over the next 5 years, I went from 215 lbs. 15% bodyfat to 272 lbs. 29% bodyfat. During those 5 yrs., I was still eating like the college athlete without the practice and weight training. So, one day I was presented with the opportunity to get back in shape...
Kim Ware
Three months ago American Body Works opened up across the street from our neighborhood. Well aware that my husband and I had agreed that we would not join another gym, I stopped by anyway just to check it out. During the tour the trainer showed me the CrossFit room. I ended up signing up that day and called Matt immediately to discuss CrossFit. The next day I was pushed like I had never been pushed before doing what CrossFit calls the Baseline workout. I was shocked that I completed that workout, and could...
Matt Menerey
I have been working out since January 2006, starting with cardio, dumbbells and cable machines. At that time, my wife and I (Jessica) had just quit smoking and I weighed about 230# at 6’2 with no muscle at all. I decided to quit smoking and started working out when I noticed that I was starting to get “man boobs.” After about 2 years of cardio and standard weight training, our workouts were 1.5 to 2 hours long and getting boring. A friend at work told me about Crossfit and I tried to incorporate some of...
Jenny Gilreath
My name is Jenny Gilreath. I am 36 years old and the mother of 3 children. I joined CrossFit August 31, 2009. I have been exercising since I was in my early 20’s, off and on. I have been a runner for years, running several 5K’s, 10K’s, and one ½ marathon. But in 2008-2009 I had not been as consistent as I would have like to have been with my workouts. During this time I gained about 10 lbs. This is when I began to refocus myself on my personal fitness. I had become more consistent with my running again but...
Brandi Faller
My journey began like most; not realizing that I was, in fact; on a journey. My husband went to talk to the people at American Body Works since he was unhappy where he was going and I was doing boot camp elsewhere. He had talked with Matt about me, maybe, being interested in CrossFit. Therefore, my husband encouraged me to try it. I came home that first night with mixed emotions but none of them negative. It was more feelings of curiosity, intrigue, and a little craving for more. Little did I know that craving for...
